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Should voters have to show identification?

Before last year, just two states, Georgia and Indiana, had voter-ID laws. Since Republicans took control of many state governments in 2010, 10 states have adopted such laws, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, an advocacy and public-interest law firm that tends to side with liberals on voting issues.

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Why should you have to prove you're a citizen of the country to vote yourself money, to take it from others or vote to take rights away from others or give privilege to yourself. Makes sense to me we should let criminals and terrorists vote too, it's only fair.

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After the next President is sworn in, Congress should take this up. Make Voter ID mandatory for ALL President/Congress elections. It would give people 4 years to get one. Each state could set their own laws for state elections.

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Brenda Kenfield said ; "......would give people 4 years to get one." Yes, that is totally logical, and was possible before the last election. The WSJ poll indicates all but 11.3% agree in voters needing ID, so few could disagree with you.

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"Thankfully the generations coming through have a more evolved set of values. "---------Fortunately, the vote in this poll, by better than 6 to 1 says you're wrong. It will be many, many years before my generation passes - more than enough time to resolve this issue.

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What is a "BB Generation"? "BB"? Like in BB gun? I am 90 years old. Don't trash my generation. I believe in a Supreme Being. I would in a heart-beat vote for a woman for president. Gender or skin color mean nothing; policies and personal philosophy and character, are everything. Did you major in Drivel in college?

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Stephen Ryan said ; "I believe in a Supreme Being" Good for you, I do not.

Stephen Ryan said ; "personal philosophy and character, are everything" Could not agree more.

Many here do not have an evolved value system, evident in comments, they exhibit an unevolved mindset, stuck on an early stage of personal development.

The simplest way to see the meaning of this is with a visual aid. It goes right to the heart of what you wrote about. Just read about stages of human development - http://goo.gl/CLRMc

Stephen Ryan said ; "Did you major in Drivel in college?"

Since you have accumulated knowledge covering nearly a century, a great deal of nuance and word meaning have been changed, it is understandable it sounds like drivel.

However, language and ideas have evolved. The change is now at a pace never seen before in human history. Useless ideas discarded, good philosophy, thought patterns are built on and added to, not lost. You have lived long enough with respect to know this to be true.

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Stephen Ryan said ; " Greatest generation"? Hooey." Legends in their own lunch boxes, right? Chumps. We unfortunately live in their stupid nuclear and carbon energy utopian dream. Where has that got humanity?We live in a no win global economy, run on the crazy premise of exponential growth and profit being possible in a finite world. Like I said, generations Y and Z are not that stupid and will disgard this foolishness along with many outdated useless ideas. Like race, science has established beyond a doubt with genetic sequencing we are one group, with different families. Race does not exist, it is a construct of unevolved human thinking.

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Stephen Ryan said when questioned 'But did you grasp the stage of development the Greeks were on?' And said "Nope,"

The early Greek cultures stage of human development was still on SDi Purple when it collapsed.US culture in this century is generally on SDi Orange.

Many individuals commenting here are on SDi Blue 'rules must be obeyed'.

With some on "SDi Red 'do what I say, but not what I do'. Like I said, an unevolved value system or stage of development.

Foresight practitioners use SDi as a tool e.g. to assess how to develop corporate culture.

The tool can be applied to a person or group of humans, even our whole planet of humans.

Those unevolved can not grasp the next stage of development, however those evolved can understand the stages they grew through. One of the reasons we are having trouble in Afganistan, the country is still on SDi Purple, and fail to understand an advanced thought process. Even if some in the culture can, it is not enough to matter.

Have you not wondered why some people just can not understand you point of view no matter how hard they try? It is because you have developed past where they are, simple really. But not common sense.

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Reply to Stephen Ryan; I was having coffee with our valuer who is over 70, young by your measure. But still, I had noticed how much trouble he had with his partner and mother to his children. Just giving him an overview of Spiral Dynamics stages, he realised his wife would never understand his viewpoint, a revelation after forty years of trying.

Sounds silly, but he endeavoured for years to explain his thinking, causing her much stress and him frustration. Now he understands unless she grows to his stage, she will never be able to understand as much as she might try. He now understands to just put his ideas on her stage, and it is working, simple. Interesting how looking a Clare Graves life work and where it is now can make a difference.

My observation is politicians understand this intuitively. That is also interesting.

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Show I.D.? ABSOLUTELY NOT! We don't want to make it hard to vote. No I.D. should be required whatsoever. Just show up and vote. HOWEVER: Every voter gets photographed. Then the photos get run through a face matching software program. If you attempt to cheat and vote twice, your vote DOES NOT COUNT, and you pay a $500.00 fine. That should do it. That is a totally passive system that will not inconvenience any person who has any morals or character.

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Sorry, but your plan is screwy. The process of voting needs the same protections we apply to so many other things, where we require ID to complete an action, a transaction, or to excerise our rights. IF we allow people to vote as you describe, how many other 'daily chores,' for lack of a better term, will/could be attached with the same lax supervision?

The problem of your plan is the lack of morals and character. We have prisons filled with people lack morals and the character to 'play nice' with the rest of us.

Right now in Wisconsin, in order to vote, WITHOUT ANY ID,. all you have to do is show, up 20 day prior to any election and register. However, starting 10-18-2012, you will need to prove who you are and where you live. In the meantime, large numbers of people have been registering to vote, following all of the existing rules/laws, all over southeastern Wisconsin.

It is suspected that some/many of these people lack moral character and have the intent to vote more than once in the upcoming presidential election.

All the laws we have on the books, are because people lack the morals to conduct themselves in an orderly fashion. And now we need to add laws to protect the people who follow all the rules, by voting only once, in the community where they live.

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Don Zunker said ; "...now we need to add laws to protect the people who follow all the rules, by voting only once, in the community where they live."

Yes, because of an "Urban Myth" that is promoted for political purposes that a Federal Election held in a state can illegally elect a President of the US. Not one piece of proof from a reliable source has been put up in this forum to prove it.

I challenge you to prove this "Urban Myth" is real.

Why is it that it is generally Republican supporters who break with long standing social media etiquette, breaching the WSJ community rules, and insist on SHOUTING in comments?

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Robert Bowers said : "By the way, your "name calling" ie "bullies" "fascists" might also be considered a violation of the rules."

Shame about your comprehension : / I clearly asked the question; " Are they all bullies and "trains must run on time fascists?" Please explain how that is name calling? It is for the reader to discern, the fact you came to that conclusion is your interior, not the next persons.

Why do all the older generation always disregard CAPS as shouting online? Are you disputing it is a long establish online rule post 1991?

Having been recognised as bad manners online by the latter generations and considered poor social etiquette for over two decades!

'Just remember' that when some does not use good manners and wait for you to exit a door before entering, while you are moaning under your breath about ignorant young people!

I have no issue with someones 'need' for emphasis because of poor writing skills. But just imagine shouting 'word' after 'word' during a normal conversation, would you do that? More importantly would you consider them normal? For this reason, Gen X and latter find it offensive, is that clear enough for you?

Do you need to prove us wrong? Go right ahead, please do. All genuine sources disputing this long established social media rule will be considered.

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Its voter disenfranchisement. Take an out of state student for example, under residency rules he is allowed to vote in the State he goes to school in, yet most out of State students dont have valid ID from the State their school is in because they already have a valid drivers license etc from their original state. Why would they need it otherwise?

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Then there has to be exceptions, but after the election of 08 where groups like ACORN were registering fraudulent voters by the tens of thousands, and Al Franken pretty much stole an election due to fraudulent votes, something has to be done.

Unfortunately, we can't all just kick back KNOWING that fraud is happening without taking steps to at least try to curb and/or stop it.

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Why is that a question? Of course people should have to show ID to vote. However there should be some specific form of voter ID made available to people who don't have a driver's license or other form of photo ID.